Thursday, July 24, 2008

Spirit

The principle of conscious life or a strong distilled alcoholic liquor, I am intrigued by this word. An abstract thing and a liquid very volatile and quite with mass and energy are addressed by the same word. Spirit - disposition or attitude in terms of vigor, courage, firmness - strong or meek. There you go, another meaning to it - something altogether new. Not really. Do all of them mean the same??

Spirit is used on wounds, to clean up the mess. Make the object pure and free of any vibes - good, bad, ugly, lovely, sweet, bitter, sour...any. Pick up a bottle of spirit, drain it down your throat. If you can't bear the bitterness on your tongue then learn to do so. This would help in the cleaning of your tongue. All the promises that you swore you'd never break - washed. Let all the taste buds get washed away - tasteless. You can feel the fluid burn your chest and drop into your empty stomach. Period.

Our spirit stirs. I believe the only thing that the liquid spirit does to us is give more inertia to our inner spirit. Now the catch lies in where does the inertia take us. Inertia doesn't take us anywhere, it just goes with us. No looking back. Thats where our third meaning of spirit comes - meek in spirit or 'that's the spirit!'?? Whichever path you tread, you'll keep moving on it because of the inertia that you have gained. It is upto you now - going helically upwards into a blissful trance or drowning spirally downwards into a blinding darkness that even sucks at vacuum!

Spirits...what can i say...

19 comments:

The New Age Superhero said...

i love spirits.. i believe in high spirits.. it makes me feel so spiritual it's not funny! btw.. did you empty that last bottle of vodka?

Chronicler said...

hmmmm... is that how it feels? i'm yet to experience it all...

Divita said...

@brick
naah...saved some for you ;)

@swayam
m not really sure if it works the same for everyone, this is just my belief.

Disclaimer: Please do not try the stunts related in this post. the performance has been done by professionals. any casualties would not be blamed upon the post. :P

The New Age Superhero said...

cool.. so when do we have it? :P

Arthur Dent said...
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Arthur Dent said...

quite a spirited post, must say.
both spirits share a symbiotic relationship. they feed on each other to eke out an existence within us. the choice between the two has never been easy...

Divita said...

@brick
be my guest anyday. :)

@paritosh
i still dont understand why do we have to make a choice between the two.

man in painting said...

Spirits..Or phantoms?
Hmmm..
one spirit against the other..
Are we like the old lazy kings who fought their wars with brave samurais...
be the spirit!
wishes...

Divita said...

@MIP
we are spirits; phantoms wear their underwear over their pants. ;)

Abhu said...

hey! quite a different way of looking at "spirits" i must say :D
i have never tasted alcohol, so i cant really tell u much bout that, but it was a nice read :)

Debasish Patra said...

umm..

i guess, all spirits r same... they make u feel spirit-less ;)
(and happily-confused too )

Divita said...

@abhu
it isnt much about tastin alcohol actually, umm.... i just found the word weird - i mean used for two quite opposite things.
thanks a lot!

@debashish
another paradox i guess - happily confused! heehee!

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Unknown said...

hey..
dats very observant and thoughtful of you...

m sure you hav tried all 3 before ur xpert comments..lol


before u ask..i m Anshul ..!!
(rem: 1st sem)

catch ya in colg..

X said...

You know what, im glad i started blogging, cas now i get to read good indian writing these days.
and thats making me feel very cool!
Good work!

Divita said...

@anshul
thanks a lot for passing by

@mihir
quite flattered - 'indian writers' :)

Punvati said...

Play on words... smart :P

Tejal said...

i like ! :)

Divita said...

@divya
thanks. :)

@ tejal
thanks a lot. have u visited before?